I’m not sure if I understand the full context of Pasadena Water and Power funneling more than $145 million to the city’s general fund over the last 10 years.

From what I’ve read, my interpretation of the article is that a government-run monopoly is gouging its users with exorbitant fees. As usual, I really enjoy a politician’s view on what should be done with this excess money. Steve Haderlein wants to pay government employees more money!

I have a better solution. Charge the user a fair rate and refund the hundreds of millions that have been unduly confiscated from the hard working citizens of Pasadena.

If my interpretation is incorrect, can someone please explain how Pasadena Water and Power Department can have all this excess money?

Dave Mysza

Sierra Madre

Find another way

Re the oak woodland in Arcadia:

The recent Our View editorial and letters in Your View are correct. There are many alternatives that need to be discussed before cutting the trees that constitute one of the last pristine native oak woodlands in the region.

This is especially important considering the loss of so many trees in the recent wildfires.

The ideas that were put forth in the opinion piece from Nov. 30 regarding examining another debris pile site as the dumping site, swapping land with Monrovia, finding a buyer for the sediment, etc., are all worth studying and consideration.

Let’s not rush to destruction of such an important habitat. There has got to be another way to dispose of the sediment (from the dam) that will avoid the cutting of so many mature oak trees.

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